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What does awhile mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word awhile? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. For some time; for a short time.
  2. (US, dialectal) In the meantime; during (an implicit ongoing process).
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And that could take awhile since I also have to buy furniture and whatnots and stuff.
I looked up the Isle of Jura and Barnhill and thought it was just the place to seek refreshment and rest awhile away from every care.
Apart from Brandon making snide remarks every once in awhile, practice was fine.
I diced an apple and mixed it with butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar in a saucepan, and stewed it for awhile.
No matter how we felt about the workhouse the inmates who had been there quite awhile, like myself, had learnt not to even mention running away.
Returning I crossed the top of the mountain and halted awhile to admire the glorious sunset afterglow.

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